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BOY SCOUTING
Boy Scouting, one of the traditional membership divisions of the BSA, is
available to boys who have earned the Arrow of Light Award and are at least 10
years old or have completed the fifth grade and are at least 10, or who are 11,
but not yet 18 years old. The program achieves the BSA's objectives of
developing character, citizenship, and personal fitness.
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Religious Emblems
A Scout is reverent. He is reverent
toward God. He is faithful in his religious duties and respects the convictions
of others in matters of custom and religion.
Duty to
God
One of the core values taught at all levels
of the Boy Scouts of America is a Duty to God. This value is a
primary element of the Cub Scout Promise and the Boy Scout Oath and Law. BSA
respects every faith, and a program specific to each faith exists so that
every Scout may earn the award for his faith. Most religious emblems
programs have more than one level. A young person who has earned a
religious emblem as a younger Scout may progress to the next level and
earn another emblem.
Please contact
Dan
DeMaranville if you have any questions
concerning the specific program for your faith.
God and Country Religious Emblems
Program
The
God and Country program series was developed and distributed by Programs
of Religious Activities With Youth (P.R.A.Y.) and provides spiritual
growth experiences for members of the BSA who are Protestant, as well as
members of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., Camp Fire Inc., and other youth.
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God and Church:
For sixth- to eighth-grade Boy Scouts and Varsity
Scouts. |
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God and Life: For older Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, and female and
male Venturers. |
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God and Country mentor program (adult curriculum): A mentor is
someone who serves as a living example for another person. The God and
Country mentor program is designed to help adults look directly at what
it means to serve as a Christian mentor and suggests how to have a
positive, Christian influence on a child. The mentor curriculum is
designed for an adult working with a young person who is enrolled in the
God and Country program series. The mentor program is not to be confused
with the God and Service Award (see below). An adult who completes the
mentor studies will receive a certificate and lapel pin for non-uniform
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God and Service: A recognition presented to deserving adults who
have given distinguished service to youth through Scouting in a local
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Obtaining the Award Medals
and Knots for Uniforms
At the end of the classes, parents
will submit the finished Booklets to the clergy or other official
appointed by the Scout's church for final approval, if necessary, and to
obtain the appropriate signatures, then follow the instructions to order the
Award Medals (Emblems)
from P.R.A.Y. or other proper organization. Troop 1333 will obtain
the Knot Patches from the Scout Shop. The Emblems and Knots will be presented
in a Troop Court of Honor, and should also be presented to the Scout in
a meaningful
ceremony in the member’s religious institution.
We would be very proud if your Scout earned his religious emblems.
Please talk with your child about these programs. We would like to know as
soon as possible who is going to participate in the religious
emblems programs.
Catholic Boy Scouts -
A trained religious emblems coordinator/counselor/moderator is
required to work on these religious emblems. Contact the archdiocesan
Catholic Committee Chaplain upon completion. He is the contact for further
instructions on how to obtain the religious emblem. Boy Scout emblems
require a Board of Review before completion. Please do not contact the national
office to obtain the emblem.
National Catholic Committee on Scouting
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The purpose of the
Ad Altare
Dei (To the Altar of God) program is to help Roman Catholic
Scouts develop a fully Christian way of life in the faith community.
The program is organized in chapters based on the seven Sacraments.
The seven Sacraments are a primary means toward spiritual growth.
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The purpose of the
Pope Pius
XII program is to help Boy Scouts and Venture Scouts examine how
being a Christian affects daily life in a real world, to challenge
them to evaluate their own personal talents and abilities, and to
give them an opportunity to share faith and practice their religion
among peers. The Pope Pius XII program deals with church-related
ministries and vocations (single, married, ordained). |
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The
Light
is Life program was developed for Boy Scouts of the Eastern
Catholic churches. Light is Life respects the cultural and ritual
differences among the various Eastern Catholic Churches.
The overall goal of the Light is Life program is to bring about in
the Scout, through his Eastern Christian Scouting experience, a
deeper awareness of his share in faith-life. Then going forth, he
will witness this life through maturity in communal worship and in
Christian formation of his world. |
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